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定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the stage of a meal where the main dish is served. As to why ‘course’ is more often used than ‘dish’ compared to the Cantonese phrase ‘主菜‘, it may be to do with the upper class etiquette that the stage of a meal is more important than the dish itself.
用法: E.g. 食semi-buffet質素好過buffet, 起碼個main course係入得落口 (The quality of eating semi-buffet is higher than buffet, at least the main course is decent.)同義詞: 主菜參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3120803/page/3
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to send somebody away formally and politely, even though at times they may not be taking the other person seriously.
用法: E.g. *打斷* 我地傾左咁耐，不如就喺到dismiss啦? (*interrupt* We have been talking for so long. What about dismiss here?)同義詞: 解散參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2842244/page/13
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers who want to sound humble yet not so insignificant when they are being asked what position they work in a company.
用法: E.g. A: 哇！你間公司好出名喎。 B: 係呀，不過我只係small potato。(A: Wow! Your company is very famous. B: Yes, but I am just a small potato.)同義詞: 小角色參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/4063839/page/1
定義: With a literal meaning of 'humbly receive', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers who work in Japanese companies to express politeness before starting to eat a meal, which is equivalent to "Let's eat" in English.
用法: E.g. A: Itadakimas! B: 其實係唔係一定要講？A: 唔係，不過有禮貌啲囉。(A: Itadakimas! B: Do we actually have to say this? A: No, but it's more polite if we do.)同義詞: 開飯喇, 唔客氣喇, Let's eat參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itadakimasu
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong girls love to use to ask their boyfriends whether they feel sad or regret about not having their presence at times, as ‘掛住‘ in Cantonese could just be merely thinking about someone without such emotions, which is not enough to satisfy a Hong Kong girl’s demands.
用法: E.g. 呢幾日我地冇見。有冇miss我呀？ (We have not seen each other these several days. Do you miss me?)同義詞: 掛住, 想念參考: https://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=17173491
定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the physics, chemistry and biology subjects in an ultra convenient and orderly fashion.
用法: E.g. 今次考試要讀哂phy chem bi，真係幾攞命呀。(I will need to study all of physics, chemistry and biology for this exam, which is quite taxing.)同義詞: 物理, 化學, 生物參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1802219/page/1
定義: Derived from the noun ‘maintenance’, this is a code-mixing verb used to refer to carrying out maintenance work on something in order to keep it running without errors and issues.
用法: E.g. D code寫簡短啲，main就容易做啲啦。(Write simpler code so you can carry out maintenance more easily.)同義詞: Maintenance，維護參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2545265/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to hitting a ball towards the ground forcefully in tennis, which not only feels good when defeating someone with such a gesture, but also it sort of gives the person a feeling of breaking something into pieces.
用法: E.g. 咁勁？！今次我要smash返你！(So powerful?! I'm going to smash you back!)同義詞: 殺球參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3898753/page/7
定義: A code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers who prefer a QR code rather than a physical a food menu when they eat at a high class restaurant.
用法: E.g. 入到居酒屋見到張menu唔識叫。(On entering the Izakaya restaurant, I saw the menu but didn't know how to order.)同義詞: 餐牌參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3970505/page/1
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